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SACCHARIFY
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Irregular inflected form: saccharified
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they saccharify ... he / she / it saccharifies
Past simple: saccharified
Past participle: saccharified
-ing form: saccharifying
Sense 1
Meaning:
Convert into a simple soluble fermentable sugar by hydrolyzing a sugar derivative or complex carbohydrate
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "saccharify" is one way to...):
hydrolise; hydrolize (make a compound react with water and undergo hydrolysis)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Sweeten with sugar
Example:
sugar your tea
Synonyms:
saccharify; sugar
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "saccharify" is one way to...):
dulcify; dulcorate; edulcorate; sweeten (make sweeter in taste)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
